Gender

Is Canada Ready to Deliver a Feminist Development Co-operation Policy?
- June 22, 2017
A policy rethink on Canada’s Agenda 2030 commitments finally emerged as a feminist development manifesto from Canada’s Development Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau. This feminist framework for Canadian aid is bold in its ambitions — some might call it revolutionary — but …
By John Sinclair
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Women in Politics, Part 2: Moving Forward — Supporting Gender-Inclusive Political Participation
- December 15, 2016
By Althea-Maria Rivas and Gabrielle Bardall

Supporting women’s public participation and political inclusion should be a critical objective of Canada’s contribution to international democracy assistance, particularly in light of the current government’s emphasis on feminism. We must prioritize gender equality …
By Gabrielle Bardall
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Women in Politics, Part 1: Women, Inclusive Political Participation, and Canadian International Development Policy
- December 15, 2016
By Althea-Maria Rivas and Gabrielle Bardall

The Canadian government’s review of the International Development Assistance policy and funding framework is noteworthy in its ambition to promote feminism by applying “a feminist lens … to all of Canada’s international assistance …
By Gabrielle Bardall
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Gender and Peacebuilding: Trudeau Can Do More to Support Gender Rights in Africa
- December 1, 2016
By Dr. Annie Bunting

With the Canadian government about to confirm the deployment of peacekeepers to Africa (likely to Mali), and Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent visit to Liberia and address to the Francophonie on the centrality of the rights of …
By CIPS
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‘Are there any women here?’ Gender Representations in Hyena Road.
- December 11, 2015
Pete (Paul Gross), Ryan (Rossif Sutherland), and Jennifer (Christine Horne) in Hyena Road

By David Mutimer

In 2010 Christopher Dornan argued that “Alone among G8 nations, Canada apparently has no great appetite for making war movies.” While that observation is …
By CIPS
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Reflections on Gender in the DFATD Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program
- May 18, 2015
By Sarah Tuckey

In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel…
By CIPS
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There’s Weirder Stuff Than Niqabs at Stake in the Citizenship Oath
- March 30, 2015
It was reported with mild fanfare this week that new rules of royal succession have come into effect, with all Commonwealth countries now assenting to give girls equal standing in the British monarchy’s line of succession. However, a group of …
By Natalie Brender
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